Thursday June 20, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

June 20: Day of the Week

June 20, 2024 is the 172nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 194 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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Here’s the June calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

June 20: This Day in History

On leap years, this day usually marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.

June 20 Historical Event(s)

1605
After only three months as tsar, 16-year-old Feodor II of Russia is assassinated.
1685
Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
1789
Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
1819
The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
1862
Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
1877
Alexander Graham Bell installs the world’s first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
1919
150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
1948
Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut.
1956
A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
2009
During the Iranian election protests, the death of Neda Agha-Soltan is captured on video and spreads virally on the Internet, making it “probably the most widely witnessed death in human history”.

Who were born on June 20?

1754
Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1832)
1920
Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater
1947
Dolores Brooks, American singer (the Crystals)
1954
Allan Lamb, South African born English cricketer
1958
Chuck Wagner, American actor
1964
Silke Möller, German track and field athlete
1968
Robert Rodriguez, American film director
1971
Josh Lucas, American actor
1979
Charlotte Hatherley, English guitarist (Ash)
1982
George Forsyth, Peruvian footballer

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